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Jacobs Project Chemist -- Hybrid (Flexible Location) in Chicago, Illinois
When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on cleaning up our communities today to improve tomorrow. If you want to join a company where technical challenges abound, continue your career and invest with us as a Project Chemist.
As a Project Chemist, you’ll work with a wide variety of clients and valued as a unique resource as you contribute and support our project teams by providing key technical assistance for various environmental remediation and monitoring projects. Ideally, you'll be based on the West Coast, and we'd be flexible on location for the talented candidate who knocks it out of the park. You’ll interact with Jacobs’ technical experts to refine field sampling and test plans, coordinate between multiple projects and laboratories to ensure analysis and testing is performed as planned and be the technical liaison between the laboratories and project teams. As data comes in, you’ll be the first to review, evaluate the results and see the story come together. You’ll showcase this work through project updates, technical reports, and presentations, each helping the project team to gain key insights for the design of a remedial strategy and strengthening the technical foundation of the company.
You’ll work with the best scientists, engineers, and project managers who will help you advance your environmental consulting career at a place like no other - a company that is invested in you and the environment around us. Join us and we’ll continue to develop your skills as you explore all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology or environmental-related degree.
Skillful in data validation, data review, field screening, data management, and sampling.
Knowledge of chemical materials use, storage & shipping requirements.
Practiced in scientific methods for collecting and analyzing scientific data.
Familiarity with standard environmental test methods and procedures.
Demonstrated proficiency in technical writing.
Fundamental understanding of the sample collection and laboratory processes.
Ability to travel up to 20% for fieldwork.
Ideally, you’ll also have
Master’s degree in an environmental related field.
Professional experience in an environmental laboratory, preferably in a role with consulting responsibilities, quality, technical management, or client interactions.
Ability to work both independently with minimal supervision on multiple projects and in a regionally diverse team environment.
Proficiency in software typical of discipline.
Ability to walk through a process to identify and close gaps in written procedures for non-standard tasks to ensure all objectives will be met.
Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with co-workers, clients, and regulatory agencies.
Readiness and desire to mentor junior staff.
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